Suzi Quatro occupies a unique postion in Rock 'n' Roll history as one of the first female Hard Rockers. True prior to Suzi's emergence in the early '70s there had been Janis Joplin & Grace Slick who could Rock pretty hard but their delivery was more Blues & Psychedelia oriented. Suzi however was the first woman to do straight up highly aggressive guitar heavy Rock 'n' Roll and achieve considerable fame doing so. Suzi had been rocking practically all her life. Born Suzi Quatrocchio in Detroit Michigan on June 3 1950 she formed The Pleasure Seekers with her older sisters while only 14 . Quite possibly one of the first Rock bands where women played all the instuments the group even played for the troops in Vietnam. By the early 1970s The Pleasure Seekers had disbanded with older sister Patti going off to join the band Fanny while Suzi formed a harder Rock outfit called Cradle. The group made a name for themselves in the local Detroit scene that spawned such heavy metal acts as the MC5. After Cradle broke up Suzi relocated to England. Hooking up with producers Michael Chapman & Nicky Chinn, who had made a name for themselves producing acts like Gary Glitter & Sweet, Suzi cultivated a highly successful new image which made her a hit in Britains rising Glam-Rock scene. Clad in skintight black leather jumpsuits and toting a bass guitar almost as big as she is (she's exactly 5ft) she prowled the stage churning our powerful aggressive Rock smashes like "Can The Can" & "48 Crash". She became a huge superstar in the UK but she never quite became a household name in the US where she's most notable for her role as Leather Tuscadero in the sitcom Happy Days and for her 1979 Top 5 hit duet with Chris Norman "Stumblin In". Suzi resides in England these days where she continues to record and perform.
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